Conference Round-Up: Spring 2024

Salus University faculty, staff and administration have been booked and busy traveling around the country for recent profession-specific conferences. Check out where they have been recently:

American Academy of Audiology Conference
The American Academy of Audiology (AAA 2024+ HearTech expo) conference was held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on April 17 - April 20, 2024. At the expo, there was a wide variety of hands-on activities and networking opportunities. There were also workshops that attendees could take part in throughout the four days.

Alumni, faculty, staff and students from the Osborne College of Audiology (OCA) were in attendance to celebrate Osborne Audiology’s 25th anniversary. Faculty also participated in poster presentations to highlight their research and enjoyed the continuing education opportunities. 

Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference
The annual Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association (PSHA) convention was held at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel at Station Square on April 10-13, 2024. At the convention, professionals in the speech-language pathology profession came together and presented research findings, networked with fellow peers, and attended sessions. 

The Salus department of Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) supported the annual convention as a sponsor of the student reception, which included an advocacy talk from three current Pennsylvania legislators and the association's current lobbying firm. Multiple faculty members and students presented current research in interest areas, with two of the student posters being awarded meritorious designation by the conference committee, signifying the meaningful contributions their projects provide to the profession. The event was capped off by a happy hour for friends and alumni of the program, co-hosted by Salus University's Office of Institutional Advancement and the SLP program's chair, Robert Serianni, MS, CCC-SLP, FNAP. 

Pennsylvania Optometric Association (POA) Conference
The Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) at Salus University faculty and staff attended the annual POA conference April 5-8, 2024 in Erie, Pennsylvania, where they met prospective students, networked and lectured. 

Penn-Del AER Conference
The 2024 Pennsylvania-Delaware (Penn-Del) Chapter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) conference was held on April 24-26, 2024, at the Best Western Premier Central Hotel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. At the conference, professionals in education and rehabilitation shared experiences and networked. Some sessions include: “College Prep vs College Ready: Implications for Transition Planning for College Aspiring Students with Visual Impairments,” "Magnifying Our Impact through Effective Collaboration,” “Building a Team: Making Student Supports through Meaningful Collaboration,” and many more. Salus University’s Blindness and Low Vision Studies (BLVS) alumni and faculty also gathered for an alumni event at the conference.